
The Sanctuary Foundation for Prayer "There is a contemplative in all of us, almost strangled but still alive, who craves quiet enjoyment of the Now, and longs to touch the seamless garment of silence which makes whole." Alan P. Tory

The Sanctuary Foundation for Prayer February Midday Prayer Schedule - every Friday in February, 12:15 - 1:00
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The energy of love will never do for us that which we ought to do for ourselves; but will ever back up the creature’s efforts by its grace, coming into action just where our action fails.

The Sanctuary Foundation for Prayer Being Trued...
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It makes me sad, carrying on like Jesus is not here, like God didn’t love us so much that he died and rose for us. Me – like some self indulgent, disingenuous little twit saying with Philip, “Just show us the Father, then we will all believe.

The Sanctuary Foundation for Prayer "Celebrate this unlikely oracle,this ball of fat and fur,whom we so mysteriously endow with the power to predict spring. Let's hear it for the improbable heroes who,frightened at their own shadows,nonetheless unwittingly work miracles. Why shouldn't we believe this peculiar rodent holds power over sun and seasons in hi...s stubby paw? Who says that God is all grandeur and glory?"
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The Sanctuary Foundation for Prayer Learning to sit in a room alone ...
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..all man’s miseries derive from not being able to sit quietly in a room alone. Blaise Pascal After living over sixty years in the same house, my ninety six year old mother recently moved. We had cajoled, pleaded, and argued with mom about a move for some time.

The Sanctuary Foundation for Prayer Kansas, the second happiest state, and the state of Haiti.
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Kansas is not at its best right now. Day after day of colorless, dishwater skies, slushy piles of dirty snow, and car eating potholes are taking a toll on our general cheer.

The Sanctuary Foundation for Prayer The four leggeds get a case of post modern malaise. Can you hear the falconer?
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Then the star came out. Of course it had to be something like that. It needed to be something they couldn’t chew up, pee on, or hide in the hay. What they were looking for was something worthy of their faith, worthy of making the trip – worth the courage and energy it would require.

Mary Robinson Loretta how is you Mother doing now? Am keeping her in my prayers.

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A little group of conspirators who find support for their journey by sharing silence together.
January gatherings: Fridays: the 15th, 22nd, and 29th. 12:15-1:00 pm
a Word, a bit of community, mostly silence
Time:12:15PM Friday, January 15th
Location:The Sanctuary Foundation for Prayer

The Sanctuary Foundation for Prayer Where are you headed this year? "Instead of a five year plan in the mail, we get the present moment.This frayed and tattered now."
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We are nearest to God when we have gone out from our egos – our own knowing, our worries, and desires – and are vulnerably present to Holiness.

The Sanctuary Foundation for Prayer New Year. New Post: "Choosing Joy." Go for it!
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Come on now. Don’t quibble. Don’t make that angel stand out in the cold, you standing there clutching your worry and anxiety. Take a chance on Love. Go ahead in 2010 and choose the Child who is choosing you.

The Sanctuary Foundation for Prayer "It is both terrible and comforting to dwell in the inconceivable nearness of God, and so to be loved by God that the first and last gift is infinity and inconceivability itself. But we have no choice. God is with us." Karl Rahner

The Sanctuary Foundation for Prayer "What’s the Almighty to do –all hobbled up with majesty -finally having to slip in the back door of the world through a virgin’s womb?" Merry Christmas, Everyone!
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Once in the fields in a storm hunched down in a cave I saw a red tongue of fire leap from the heavens lick down a cedar,and split it in two. The cloven tree shuddered and screeched as it crashed to the ground, like an animal in the jaw of some great beast.





















